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No, a vaccine is not like wearing any kind of vest because controlling infectious disease is a population-wide endeavor. And again, some people had natural immu
by pvg 4y ago
No, a vaccine is not like wearing any kind of vest because controlling infectious disease is a population-wide endeavor. And again, some people had natural immunity to smallpox. It also killed several 100 million people in the last century alone.
The analogies and abstractions tend to obscure the implications of the commenters professed ideals. Nobody ever seems to say 'I believe in absolute bodily autonomy and don't mind it precludes the eradication of one of the deadliest diseases to ever plague humankind'.
- strangethrawy 4y ago> a vaccine is not like wearing any kind of vest No, I said natural immunity is like a vest. Vaccine is like wearing a tiny pendant on top of this vest.
- pvg 4y agoThat changes everything.